ABSENCE. Jago, 565.

ADDISON (Joseph), specimens of, 338, 339.

Elegy on the Death of. Tickell, 367.

Agrippina, a Fragment. Gray, 508.

AKENSIDE (Mark), notice of, 488; allusion to, 548.

Specimens of, 489-494.

ALEXANDER (William). See STERLINE (Earl of).
Ambition, reflections on. Anon., 211.

America, discovery and happiness of, predicted. Dwight,

617.

Anacreontics, by Oldmixon, 370.

Angler's wish. Walton, 279.

Anglo-Saxon Language, influence of the Norman Conquest

on, xxix.

When it began to be English, xxx.

ANONYMOUS Poets, specimens of, 186, 210, 286, 320, 516,
542, 544.

ANSTEY (Christopher), notices of, 291, 695.

Specimen of his Bath Guide, 695-697,
Argalia, adventures of. Chamberlayn, 202–208.
Argentile and Curan, a tale. Warner, lxvi, 71.
ARMSTRONG (Dr. John), notice of, 546-548.
Specimens of, 548–550.

Athens described. Milton, 259.
AYRES (Philip), specimens of, 287.
AYTON (Sir Robert), Songs by, 210, 321.

Poem said to have been written by, 77.

Bale (Bishop), an early dramatic author, lvii.
BALLADS.

Robene and Makyne. Henrysone, 20.
Dowsabel. Drayton, 118.

On a Wedding. Sir J. Suckling, 181.
The Chronicle. Cowley, 234.
Colin's Complaint. Rowe, 334.

From the What-d'ye-call-it. Gay, 356.
Colin and Lucy. Tickell, 369.
Sally in our Alley. Carey, 453.
William and Margaret. Mallet, 464.

Sir Charles Bawden. Chatterton, 498.

May-Eve, or Kate of Aberdeen. Cunningham, 517.
Owen of Carron. Langhorne, 555.

Hosier's Ghost. Glover, 598.

BAMPFYLDE (John), Sonnets by, 639, 640.

Barbour (John), his Bruce, 17.

BARKLAY (Alexander), critical notice of, xlix.

Bateson's Madrigals, specimens from, 61.

Bath, public breakfast at, described. Anstey, 695-697.
Baucis and Philemon, a Tale.

Swift, 383.

BEATTIE (Dr. James), account of, 687.

Specimens of, 689–694.

His admiration of Thomson, 403.

BEAUMONT (Francis), and FLETCHER (John), notices of,

86, 87.

Specimens of their dramatic productions, 88-99.
Critical observations on them, lxxiv.

BEAUMONT (Sir John), notice of, 105.

Specimen of his Poems, 105.

Further Extracts from, 701.

Beauty, vanity of. Gascoigne, 39.

Final cause of our pleasure in. Akenside, 491.

Mental. Akenside, 492.

Bedford (Lucy, Countess of), epigram on. Ben Jonson, 146.
BEHN (Aphra), specimens of, 286, 301.

Bird's Collection of Songs, specimens from, 60.

BISHOP (Rev. Samuel), specimens of, 638, 639,
BLACKLOCK (Thomas), notice of, 626.

Specimens of, 627.

BLACKSTONE (Sir Wm.), specimen of, 563.
BLAIR (Robert), notice of, 399.

Specimens of, 400-402.

BOOTH (Barton), specimen of, 357.

Bowles (Rev. Mr.), his strictures on Pope, remarks on,

lxxxvi-xc, 375.

BRATHWAITE (Richard), specimen of, 256.

BRAMSTON (James), specimen of, 389-392.

BRERETON (Jane), Poem attributed to Lord Chesterfield,

written by, 521.

BRETON (Nicholas), 1xv, 84.

Specimens of his Poems, 85.
BROME (Alexander), notice of, 230.

Specimens of his Poems, 230, 231.
BROOKE (Lord). See GREVille.
BROOKE (Henry), notice of, 566.

Specimen of, 567–569.

BROWN (Dr. John), notice of, 473.

Specimens of his Poems, 474.

BROWN (Thomas), specimens of, 315, 316.
BROWNE (Isaac Hawkins), specimens of, 443–445.
BROWNE (William), notices of, lxvi, 189.

Extracts from, 189, 190.

BRUCE (Michael), notices of, 476, 604.

Specimens of his Poems, 476, 477.
BULTEEL (John), specimen of the Poetry of, 246.
Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, remarks on, lvi.

BURNS (Robert), account of, 640-644; notice of, 439.
Specimens of, 645-652.

Thought borrowed from Dr. Young, 467, note.
Anecdote of, 553, note.

His opinion of Cowper's Task, 676, note.

BUTLER (Samuel), specimens of, 269-279; alluded to, Ixxxii.
BYROM (John), Pastoral by, 445.

Critical remarks on it,

Note upon, 238.

Line in imitated by Cowper, 675, note; his country-
loving spirit, 447.

COWPER (William), account of, 669-676.

Specimens of, 676-684,

Compared with Thomson, 402, 403.
His character of Thomson, 403, note.
I. H. Browne, 443, note.

Notes on Milton by, lxxx, lxxxi.

Of similes, lxxxvii, note.
Passage in his Homer, lxxxix, note.

CRASHAW (Richard), notice of, 198.

Specimen of his Poems, 198-200.

CRAWFURD (William), Songs by, 424.

Croker (J. W.), note on Dr. Young by, 387.

On the identity of Thales with Savage, 572.

Cromwell's Conspiracy, a Tragi-Comedy, extract from, 210.
Cuckoo, ode to. Logan, 604.

Cunningham (Allan), notes by, 345, 661, 663.

Life of Burns by, characterised, 643.

CUNNINGHAM (John), specimens of, 516.
Custom, influence of. Pomfret, 314.

Cymon and Iphigenia. Dryden, 310.

DANIEL (Samuel), notice and specimen of, lxiii, lxv, lxvî,
79, 80.

DARWIN (Dr. Erasmus), notice of, 684-687.
Specimens of,

Brooke's "Universal Beauty" the prototype of his
Botanic Garden, 566.

DAVENANT (Sir William), notices of, lxxxiii, 239.

Specimens of Gondibert, 240-242.

Davie (Adam), an early English poet, notice of, xli.
DAVIES (Sir John), notice of, lxx, 100.

Specimen of his Poems, 100-102.
Critical remarks on them,

Davison's Rhapsody, specimen from, 58.
De Brunne. See MANNYNG.
DEKKER (Thomas), notice of, 160.

Specimens of his Poems, 160, 161.
DENHAM (Sir John), notice of, 242.

Specimens of his Poetry, 242-246.
Alterations in his Cooper's Hill, 244, note.
Influence of his numbers upon English versification,
Appendix A.

Description of such a one as he would love. Sir T.
Wyat, 29.

Spring described. Earl of Surrey, 33.

A prisoner's reflections on his past happiness. The
same, 32.

A lover's request for comfort. Rich. Edwards, H.
Allegorical personages described in hell. The. Sack-
ville, 36.

Arraignment of a lover. Gascoigne, 38.

Una followed by the lion. Spenser, 47.

Description of the witch Duessa's journey to the in-
fernal regions. The same, 48.

The Bower of Bliss. The same, 52.

Glauce and Britomart exploring the Cave of Merlin.
The same, 54,

Belphœbe finding Timias wounded. Spenser, 55.
Successive appearances of nature during a summer's
day. A. Hume, 63.

Mercy dwelling in heaven, and pleading for the
guilty. Giles Fletcher, 81.
Justice addressing the Creator. The same, 82.
Mercy brightening the rainbow. The same, 82.
The palace of Presumption. The same, 82.
Nymphidia, the court of Fairy. Drayton, 109.
The Poet's Elysium. The same, lxv.

Morning, birds, and hunting of the deer. The same,
117.

The priestess of Diana. Chalkhill, lxvii.

The image of jealousy. The same, lxvii.

Abode of the witch Orandra. The same, lxvii.
Address to his native soil. W. Browne, 190.

Evening. The same, 190.

Death of Rosamond. May, 197.

Soliloquy of Satan, Crashaw, 198.

To Meadows. Herrick, 232.

To Daffodils. The same, 232.

To Blossoms. The same, 232.

The Country Life. The same, 233.

The Complaint. Cowley, 235.

The Waiting-Maid. The same, 236.

Honour. The same, 237.

Wit. The same, 237.

The father of Rhodalind offering her to Duke Gondi-

bert. Davenant, 240.

Voyage to Ireland, in burlesque. C. Cotton, 292.
Thoughts What are they? Flatman, 300.
Character of Shaftesbury. Dryden, 306.
Character of Zimri. The same, 307.

Character of Doeg and Og (the poets Settle and Shad-
well). The same, 307.

Description of Lycurgus, king of Thrace, and of
Emetrius, king of Inde. The same, 308.
Preparations for a Tournament. The same, 309.
From The Flower and the Leaf. The same, 311.
The influence of custom. Pomfret, 314.
The Bookworm. Parnell, 325.

Letter from Italy. Addison, 338.

On himself, when in a consumption. Dr. Sewell, 345.
From the Spleen. Green, 358.

Epistle to his friends. West, 372.

The Bastard. Savage, 374.

Verses, written after seeing Windsor Castle. T. War-
ton, sen., 395.

The Castle of Indolence, Canto I. Thomson, 403.
Epistle to the Earl of Dorset. A. Philips, 412.
The Summum Bonum. Welsted, 413.
Verses written in an inn. A. Hill, 425.
Allegorical description of Vertù. G. West, 428.
Grongar Hill Dyer, 435.

From the Prophecy of Famine. Churchill, 458.
Lochleven. Bruce, 477.

Extracts from The Shipwreck. Falconer, 481-488.
From The Pleasures of Imagination. Akenside, 489—
494.

From A Monody to the Memory of his Wife. Shaw, 510.
The Farmer's Ingle. Fergusson, 519.
The Traveller. Goldsmith, 527.

The Deserted Village. The same, 530.

Eulogius, or the Charitable Mason. Harte, 538.
Written in the window of an obscure lodging-house.
Anon. 542.

The Old Bachelor. Anon. 544.

From The Art of Preserving Health. Armstrong, 548
-550.

Duties of a Country Justice. Langhorne, 552, &c.
Gipsies. The same, 554

The Helmets. Penrose, 561.

The Field of Battle. The same, 561.

The Reptile and Insect World. Brooke, 567.

Extracts from "Leonidas." Glover, 590-598.
Invocation to Melancholy. Headley, 602.

Death of Irad, and the lamentation of Selima over
his body. Dwight, 616.

Extracts from Judah Restored. Dr. Roberts, 628-633.
The Dying Indian. J. Warton, 668.

Extracts from The Task. Cowper, 679–680.
On the Loss of the Royal George. The same, 681.
Yardley Oak. The same, 681
Destruction of Cambyses's Army. Darwin, 685.
Midnight Conflagration. The same, 686.

The heroic attachment of the youth in Holland who
attended his mistress in the plague. The same, 687.
The Minstrel. Book I. Beattie, 689.

DILLON. See Roscommon.

Disdain returned. Carew, 155.
DODSLEY (Robert), specimens of, 460.

From The Maid's Tragedy. Beaumont and Fletcher
From the tragedy of Philaster. The same, 88.
From The Custom of the Country. The same, 96.
From the comedy of All Fools. Chapman, 130.
From the tragedy of Women beware Women. Mid-
dleton, 136.

Fromthe playof Blurt, Master-Constable. The same,139.
From The Phoenix. The same. 140.

From The Honest Whore. Dekker, 161.
From Vittoria Corombona. Webster, 162.
From The Bondman. Massinger, 175.

From The Great Duke of Florence. The same, 179.
From The Fair Maid of the Exchange. Heywood, 193.
From The Grateful Servant. Shirley, 219, lxxviii.
From The Gentleman of Venice. The same, 220.
From The Traitor, lxxix.
From The Brothers, lxxix.

From The Scornful Lady. The same, 91.
From The Maid of the Mill. The same, 91.

From the tragedy of Rollo.

The same, 93.

From The Beggar's Bush. The same, 93.

From the tragedy of Bonduca. The same, 94.

From the comedy of Monsieur Thomas. The same, 96.
From A King and No King. The same, 98-99.
From the tragedy of Amurath. Goffe, 103.
From Sophonisba, a tragedy. Marston, 127.
From Antonio and Mellida. The same, 128.

From the comedy of All Fools. Chapman, 130.
From The Muses' Looking Glass. Randolph, 132.
From the tragedy of Women beware Women. Mid-
dleton, 137.

From The Roaring Girl. The same, 138-139.
From The Fox. Ben Jonson, 149.

Fortune giving Fortunatus his choice of goods.
Dekker, 160.

From the Duchess of Malfi. Webster, 163, 165.
From The Lover's Melancholy. Ford, 166.
From the comedy of A New Wonder. Rowley, 168.
From The Duke of Milan, a tragedy. Massinger, 171.
From The Bondman. The same, 173-179.

From The Fatal Dowry. Massinger and Field, 180.
From the tragedy of A Woman killed with Kindness.
Heywood, 192.

From The Fatal Contract. Heminge, 212.

From the tragedy of The Cardinal. Shirley, 215-218.
From The Royal Master. The same, 218.

From The Grateful Servant. The same, 219.

From The Doubtful Heir. The same, 220.
From The Lady of Pleasure. The same, 223-228.
From Chabot, Admiral of France. Shirley and Chap-
man, 228-230.

From The City Match. Mayne, 253.

From The Masque of Comus. Milton, 260-264.

From The Orphan. Otway, 282.

From Venice Preserved. The same, 284.

From Theodosius; or, The Force of Love. Lee, 302.
From The Fair Penitent. Rowe, 332.

From The Mourning Bride. Congreve, 346.
From The Fatal Curiosity. Lillo, 362-367.
From the tragedy of The Fatal Marriage. Southerne,

395.

From The Gentle Shepherd. Allan Ramsay, 439.
From the tragedy of Barbarossa. Brown, 474.

DRUMMOND (William), notices of, 144.

Extracts from, lxvi, 194.

Sonnets by, 195-196.

His conversations with Jonson, 144-145.

DRYDEN (John), specimens of, 306–312.

Critical remarks on his works, lxxxiii-lxxxv,

His descriptive powers, lxxxix.

Passage borrowed from, by Goldsmith, 534.

His translation of the Eclogues and Georgics, com-
pared with Warton's, 664.

His contradictory criticisms, &c., 699.

Dubartas's poem on Creation, translated by Sylvester,
specimen of, lxix.

The question considered, how far Milton was indebted
to it, lxix.

Dulcina, a tale. Sir W. Raleigh, 78.

DUNBAR (William), notices of, xlviii, 17, 18-22.

Specimen of his poems, 22-24.

DWIGHT (Timothy), specimens of, 616–618.
DYER (John), notice of, 435.

FIELD (Nathaniel), specimen of, 159.

Assisted Massinger in The Fatal Dowry, 180, note.
Fireside, described. Cotton, 615.

FITZGEFFREY (Charles), specimens of, 142.

FLATMAN (Thomas), specimens of, 300-301.

FLETCHER (Giles and Phineas), notices of, lxvi, 80-81.

Specimens of their poems, 81–84.

FLETCHER (John), plan of, and strictures on his Island
Princess, lxxv, note.

See BEAUMONT (Francis).

FORD (John), critical notices of, lxxvii, 166.

Specimens of, 166-168.

France, journey to, described. Bishop Corbet, 135.
Friend, character of a true one. Kath. Philips, 212.

Garrick, character of. Churchill, 458.
GARTH (Dr.), specimens of, 335-337.
GASCOIGNE (George), notice of, 38.

Specimens of his poems, 38-39.
Notice of, lviii.

On the versification of Chaucer, lii.

GAY (John), notices of, 45, 351.

Specimens of his poems, 351-357.

Genius, power of, over Envy. W. Browne, 189.

Enjoyments of, in collecting its stores for com-
position. Akenside, 493.

Geoffrey of Monmouth's history, character of, XXXV.
Gifford (William), notes on Ford by, lxxvii, 166.

On Skelton, 1.

On a passage in Shakspeare, lviii.

Gipsies described. Langhorne, 554.

GLOVER (Richard), notice of, 588-590; alluded to, 566
Specimens of his poems, 590–599.

GODOLPHIN (Sidney), specimen of, 183.

Godwin (William), his extravagant admiration of a pas
sage in Phaer's Virgil censured, lxviii.

GOFFE (Thomas), 103.

Specimen of, 103-104.

Golding (Arthur), a new fact in his life, lxviii, note.
Golding's translation of Ovid, remarks on, lxviii.

GOLDSMITH (Oliver), notes by:-

On Denham, 246.

Waller, 288.
Parnell, 325, 327.
Rowe, 334.
Addison, 338.
Prior, 343.
Tickell, 367, 369.
Savage, 374.
Pope, 376.

On Swift, 383, 385.

A. Philips, 412.
Collins, 429.

E. Moore, 433.
I. H. Browne, 443.
Shenstone, 447.
Young, 466.
Smollett, 514.

GOLDSMITH (Oliver), notice of, 522–526.

Specimens of, 527-535.

GOULD (Robert), specimens of, 322.

GOWER (John), notice of, 13.

Specimens of his poems, 13-15.

Strictures on his style and versification, xlv.

GRAINGER (Dr. James), specimen of, 477.

GRANVILLE (George, Lord Lansdowne), specimen of, 358.
GRAY (Thomas), notice of, 504.

Specimens of, 505-510.

Greatness (human), instability of. Phineas Fletcher, 83.
GREEN (Matthew), notice of, 358.

Specimen of his poetry, 358-360.

GREENE (Robert), notices, of, lx, 41.

Specimens of his poems, 41.

Grenville (Sir Bevil), verses on the death of. Cartwright,

184.

GREVILLE (Sir Fulke, Lord Brooke), specimens of, lxx,

104, 105.

GREVILLE (Mrs.), specimen of, 580.

Grimoald (N.), the second to use English blank verse, lii.
Grongar Hill.
Dyer, 435.

HABINGTON (William), notice of, 200.

Specimens of his poems, 200--201.

Hafiz, song of, translated. Sir W. Jones, 637.

HALL (John), specimen of, 201.

HALL (Joseph, Bishop of Norwich), account of, lxvi,
67, 68.

Specimens of his poems, 69-71.
Further specimens of, 700.

Hallam (Henry), notes by:—

On the Saxon Chro-
nicle, xxix.
Commencement of
English language,
xxxi.

Layamon, xxxii.

Spenser's language,

lv.

Drayton, 106.

On Mr. Campbell's cha-
racter of Spenser,
lv.

HAMILTON (William), notice of, 426.

Specimens of, 426-427.

HAMMOND (James), specimen of, 369.

Sir J. Beaumont, 105.
Chapman, 130.
Drummond, 145.
Carew, 154.

Lord Sterline, 159.

Hardynge's Chronicle of the History of England, cha-

racter of, xlviii.

Harlot, derivation and use of the word, p. 12, note.
HARRINGTON (John), 39.

Specimens of his poetry, 39-40.

HARRINGTON (Sir John), specimens of the poetry of, 73.
HARTE (Walter), notice of, 537.

Specimens of, 538-541.

HAWES (Stephen), a poet of the sixteenth century, cha-
racter of, xlviii.

HEADLEY (Henry), notice of, 602.

Specimen of, 602.

HEMINGE (William), extracts from a play by, 212–215.
Henry the Minstrel (Blind Harry), 17.

HENRYSONE (Robert), 20-21.

Specimen of his poems, 20.

HERBERT (George), specimen of the poetry of, 126.
Hermitage, inscription in. Warton, 622.

HERRICK (Robert), notices of, lxxx. 230.

Specimens of his poetry, 232-233.

Hesperus, song of. Ben Jonson, 146.

Heywood (John), an early dramatic author, lvii.
HEYWOOD (Thomas), notice of, 191.

Specimens of, 192-194.

HILL (Aaron), specimens of, 425.

Honour, address to. Cowley, 237.

Honour (feminine), described. Carew, 156.

HOOK (N.), specimen of, 287.

HOWARD (Henry, Earl of Surrey), notice of, 30.

Specimens of his poems, 32-33.

Something melancholy even in his strains of gal-
lantry, xlvii.

Estimate of the service rendered by him to British
literature, lii.

Hudibras, Butler's, extracts from, 269–279.

And his Squire, described. Butler, 269.
Commencing battle with the rabble, and leading off
Crowdero prisoner, 275.

Vicarious justice exemplified by Ralpho, in the
case of the Cobbler that killed the Indian, 277.
Consulting the Lawyer, 277.

HUME (Alexander), notice of, 62.

Poetical specimen of, 63, 64.
HUNNIS (William), specimens of, liii, note, 34.

Imagination described. Sir F. Greville, 104.
Pleasures of. Akenside, 489-494.

Imprisonment, benefit of, to a wild youth. Middleton, 139.
Independence, ode to. Smollett, 514.

Indifference, prayer for. Mrs. Greville, 580.

Ireland, voyage to. Cotton, 292.

JAGO (Richard), specimens of, 564-565.

JAMES I., King of Scotland, notices of, 17, 18.
Specimens of his poems, 19.

James I., King of England, lxxii.

Jealousy, description of. Greene, 41.

JOHNSON (Dr. Samuel), specimens of, 572-579.

Jones (Inigo), his quarrel with Jonson, 142.
JONES (Sir William), notice of, 633–637.

Specimens of his poetry, 637.
JONSON (Ben), account of, 142–146.

Specimens of his poetry, 146-153.
Extracts from, 700.

Critical remarks on him as a dramatist, Ixiii.
His quarrel with Daniel, 80, note.

Justice addressing the Creator. Giles Fletcher, 82.

Killigrew (Mrs. Anne), ode to the memory of. Dryden, 308.
KING (Bishop), specimens of, 250–251.

Kiss, the parting. Dodsley, 460.

Knowledge (human), vanity of. Sir J. Davies, 100.
Description of. Sir F. Greville, 104.

KYD, a dramatic poet of the age of Elizabeth, notice of, lx.

Lamb (Charles), notes by :-

On Chapman, 130.

Shirley, 215.

Wither, 249.

Langetoft (Peter de), notice of, xxxviii, note.
LANGHORNE (Dr. John), notice of, 551.

Specimens of, 552-561.

LANGLANDE (Robert), a poet of the fourteenth century,

notice of, xliii.

Character of the poems ascribed to him, xliv.

Language, English, influence of the Norman Conquest
upon, xxix.

LANSDOWNE (George, Lord), song by, 358.
Law, eulogy on. Middleton, 140.

Lawyer's Farewell to his Muse. Sir W. Blackstone, 563.
Layamon's translation of Wace's Brut, strictures on the
date of, xxx-xxxii, XXXV.

LEE (Nathaniel), notice of, 301.
Specimens of, 302-304.

Leonidas, extracts from. Glover, 590–598.

L'ESTRANGE (Sir Roger), poem ascribed to, 210.
Leven Water, ode to. Smollett, 514.

Life described. Bp. King, 250-251.
LILLO (George), notice of, 361.

Specimens of, 362-367.

LLOYD (Robert), notice of, 461.

Specimens of his poetry, 461.

Local poems, some enumerated, 242, note.

Lockhart (J. G.), note by, upon Scott's Sir Tristrem, xl.

Dryden's adaptations of Chaucer, lxxxvi.

His Life of Burns, 553-643.

LODGE (Dr. Thomas), notice of, 85.

Specimens of his poems, 85-86.